ATRIP 33rd Annual Congress
July 6 – 9, 2014
Montpellier
PROGRAMME AND AGENDA
| Dates: 6–9 July 2014 | President: Prof. Tana Pistorius |
| Focus: ‘Intellectual Property Perspectives on the Regulation of New Technologies’ | Programme: PDF |
| Host: University of Montpellier | Links: Archive |
HIGHLIGHTS
The overarching objective of the Congress was to discuss the challenges that emerging technologies and new technology-driven practices pose for intellectual property law and policy.
This Congress has explored perspectives across the IP law spectrum, including some that are long-standing (e.g. patenting in the life sciences and regulation through code) and some that are more recent (e.g. user generated content, 3D printing and the new GTLDs).
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Day 1,
Monday 7 July
Session 1. Perspectives on the Impact of New Technologies on IP Law and Policy
Chair: Jose Antonio Gomez Segade, University of Santiago de Compostela
Trade Secret Protection in the Digital Agenda: From National Fragmented Legislation to the EU Common Regime
Valeria Falce, European University of Rome
What is the Role of New Technology in Tensions in IP?
Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Western University
Aligning the Justification for Intellectual Property Rights with Well-being
Estelle Derclaye, University of Nottingham and T. Taylor, University of Leeds
Courts as Pacemakers of Sustainable Innovation?
Session 2. Patentability and Technological Frontiers
Chair: Christian le Stanc, University of Montpellier
Limiting Patentability for the Information Technology Industry – A Comparative Study
Natalie Stoianoff, University of Technology
The State of Open Source Biotech Patents: Are We Moving Forward?
Jessica Lai, University of Lucerne ]
Patentability of Human Enhancement: From Ethical Dilemmas to Legal (un)certainty
Ana Nordberg, Copenhagen University
Patent Eligibility and Extent of Patent Protection for Inventions in the Information Age
Toshiko Takenaka, University of Washington
Patentability of Diagnostic and Surgical Methods – Europe and the U.S. Compared Through the Lens of Behavioural Science
Agnieszka Machnicka, VU University Amsterdam
Session 3. Biotechnology, Morality and Public Interest
Chair: Susy Frankel, Victoria University of Wellington
Does Law Shape R&D? Empirical Evidence from Stem Cell Patent Activity
Niva Elkin-Koren, Yael Bergman and Sharon Bar-Ziv, University of Haifa
Morality, Dignity and Embryonic Stem Cells: A Patently Moral Approach
Aisling McMahon, Newcastle University
Article 15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Nagoya Protocol: An Efficient Counterbalancing to the Regime of Patents on Biotechnological Inventions?
Valérie Wyssbrod, Université de Neuchâtel
Boundless Creativity, Limited Patentability: ”Morality Clauses” As Expression Of Public Interest Restraints On Biotechnology Patents
Juan F. Córdoba, Universidad de La Sabana
Biotechnological Inventions and Limits of Patentability between Recent Evolutions in the US Case Law and the EU Perspective of Fundamental Rights: Moving Toward a Common “Western approach”?
Andrea Stazi, European University of Rome
Session 4. Presentation of the ATRIP Essay Competition Winner
Chair and Introduction: Jan Rosen, Stockholm University
Day 2,
Tuesday 8 July
Breakfast Roundtable A: New Technologies and Patent Law
Chair: Geertrui Van Overwalle, University of Leuven
The Paradoxes of a Political Approach to IP Law
Nicolas Binctin , University of Poitiers
Green Technologies and Patent System: What is the Role for Patent Law in Asia Post-Copenhagen?
Hsiao-Fen HSU, Tunghai University
Patent claim interpretation and new technologies: re-thinking the problem/solution approach
Milton Lucídio Leão Barcellos, Lawyer and Licensed Patent and Trademark Attorney
Intellectual Property in Modern Biotechnology: The Study of Biotech Start-ups
Mindaugas Kiskis, Mykolas Romeris University
Traditional Cultural Heritage and New Technologies, Conflict of Interest and Sustainable Development
Nébila Mezghani, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Tunis
Breakfast Roundtable B: Future Copyright
Chair: Ysolde Gendreau, University of Montreal
Reconciling Original with Secondary Creation: The Subtle Incentive Theory of Copyright Licensing
Yafit Lev-Aretz, Columbia Law School
Reconstructing Copyright to Promote Creativity in Internet Age
Yahong Li, University of Hong Kong
The Outcomes of the Svensson Case: Internet is Safe, but What About EU Copyright Law?
Philippe Jougleux, European University of Cyprus
Online Streaming and the Lessons from European and US Law
César Ramírez-Montes, Leeds University
Searching for a Sustainable Copyright Code
Kung-Chung Liu, National Tsing Hua University
Breakfast Roundtable C: Competition Law, Standards and Data
Chair: Charlotte Waelde, University of Exeter
Hot News Doctrine-Sizzling and Simmering Down the Century
Vidya Kumari, Osmania University
The Phase-Down of Climate-Damaging Refrigerant Gases: Examining the Interface between Climate Change, Intellectual Property & Competition Law
Sujitha Subramanian, University of Bristol
The Functioning of Standardization Organizations in Europe in Establishing Rules for the Adoption of ICT Standard-Essential Patents to Encourage Effective Interface Between IP Rights and Competition Laws
Magda Fletcher, University of Tilburg
Should Miners go on Strike? Legal Aspects of Text and Data Mining
Pawel Kamocki, Université Paris Descartes/Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Data and Robot
Jacques Larrieu, Université Toulouse Capitole, France
Breakfast Roundtable D: Enforcement of Rights
Chair: Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt University Law School
The Digital Resale Market and Online Copyright Exhaustion
Susanna H.S. Leong, National University of Singapore
Reflections on the Justified Limitation of Patent Enforcement in the Industry of Telecommunication in terms of Standard Essential Patents and FRAND Licensing
Chung-Lun Shen, National Chengchi University
Impact of TRIPS Article 31 on Patent Inatability in Asia – Cases analysis on Compulsory Licensing
Mei-Hsin Wang, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology
Cause of Action in Infringement of Parallel Intellectual Property Rights (With Special Reference to the European Union)
Saeed Habiba and Farzaneh Shakeri, University of Teheran
Breakfast Roundtable E: Impact on Development
Chair:Coenraad Visser, University of South Africa
Online Piracy: Finding the Right Strategy for Bollywood
Arpan Banerjee, Jindal Global Law School
The Debate of Book Piracy in Bangladesh: The Impact on University Education
Tapas Kumar Paul, Independent University, Bangladesh
The Impact of Open Content Initiatives on the Development Agenda and Proposed Role for WIPO in their Promotion
Helen Chuma-Okoro , University of Cape Town
Plant Varieties Protection vis-à-vis Farmers right: Need to Balance the Conflicting Interest
Rohit Moonka, Nirma University
The Integration of Intelligent Technologies Into the Existing Intellectual Property Framework in Iran
Behrooz Akhlaghi and Farhad Emam, Dr. Behrooz Akhlaghi & Associates
Session 5. Regulation of Technologies and Copyright Law
Chair: Irini Stamatoudi, Greek National Copyright Organization
Vestigial Copyright Categories and Copyright-Avoiding Business Models: The Supreme Court’s decision in Aereo
Rebecca Giblin, Monash University Jane Ginsburg, Columbia University
Hiding Behind Technology? Why the Applicability of Copyright Limitations Should Not Depend on Technology-Based Arguments
Senftleben Martin, VU University Amsterdam
Digital Lending and Public Access to Digital Content. An EU-US Perspective
Giorgio Spedicato, University of Bologna
Accommodating Copyright Exceptions to Technological Developments through Bottom-Up Norms
Orit Fischman Afori, Haim Stirks School of Law
Copyright Liability in the Hyperlinking Debate: The Inchoate Role of Motive and Commercial Gain
Ian Eagles and Louise Longdin, Auckland University of Technology
Hyperlinking on the Internet: When is There (Indirect) Liability?
Alain Strowel, UC Louvain, Université Saint-Louis-Bruxelles, Munich IP Law Centre
Licensing and User Created Content
Chair: Retro Hilty, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition ]
User-Generated Content: Copyright as Enabler rather than Obstructer?
Alison Slade, Brunel University
Can the Canadian UGC Exception Be Transplanted Abroad?
Peter Yu, Drake University Law School
Liability Exemption of User-Generated Content Platforms for Copyright Infringement – A Comparison of Approaches in the Europe Union, the United States and China
Qian Tao and Tang Chunquan, Drake University Law School
Would New Ways of Considering the Intellectual Property and Technology Nexus Yield Better IP Laws?
Caroline Ncube, University of Cape Town
Session 7. Trademarks and New Technologies
Chair: Graeme Dinwoodie, University of Oxford
The Impact of 3D Printing Technology on the Luxury Economy: The Case for Resisting the Pressure to (Again) Increase Trademark Protection
Irene Calboli, Marquette University Law School
Trademark Protection at the Top-Level Domains: A Legal Review of the Trademark Right Objections in ICANN New gTLD Program
Hong Xue, Beijing Normal University Institute for Internet Policy & Law
The Sweet Smell of Success: Can Technology Facilitate the Registration of Scent Marks?
Aileen V. Sicat, Philippines University
Learning by Doing
Madhavi Sunder,University of California
Session 8. Impact on Fundamental Rights
Chair: Séverine Dusollier, University of Namur
The Free Speech Foundations of Cyberlaw
Anupam Chander,University of California
The interface between the right to data portability and the current intellectual property framework on software: Repercussions for interoperability policies in the cloud
Begoña Gonzalez Otero, University of Santiago de Compostela
Hyperlinks and making available rights in the European Union: how the regulation of the Internet may affect freedom of expression in Europe
Emanuela Arezzo, University of Teramo
The liability of intermediaries for online copyright infringement in the EU: new evolutions
Tatiana-Eleni Synodinou, University of Cyprus
Methodological Individualism and Holism in IP Theory
Antoni Rubí-Puig, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Visit at the Museum Fabre and formal dinner in the Museum patio.
Session 9. Interdependencies Between IP Law and Technology in the Enforcement of Rights
Chair: Annette Kur, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Tethered Online Appliances and the Shift from Ownership to Rental: Technology-Enforced Business Models of Copyrighted Works
Christoph Beat Graber, University of Lucerne
Regulating the Online Environment: The End of Copyright Enforcement as We Know It?
Christophe Geiger, CEIPI, University of Strasbourg
The Responsibilities of Intellectual Property Rights Owners for the Regulation of New Technologies
Haochen Sun, University of Hong Kong
The Effectiveness of the Copyright Protection and the Recast of the Brussels I Regulation, an Improvement in an Interconnected Digital World?
Bérénice Lemoine, Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo
Challenges to the Territorial Nature of Copyright in a Cross-border Online Environment
Johan Axhamn, Stockholm University
Session 10. Resources, Technology and IP Teaching
Chair: Alberto Musso, University of Bologna
Session 11. National Reports: Projects and Case Studies
Chair: Jacques Raynard, Montpellier Université
Intellectual Property Statistical Database-BADEPI: Data of IP use in Brazil (2000-2012)
Ribeiro et al, National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
Traditional Knowledge Protection by Appellation of Origin Case: Salt of Cuyutlan, Colima
Laura Sofía Gómez Madrigal and Olga Alicia Torres Krauss, University of Colima
The Open African Innovation Research & Training Project (Open AIR)
Afternoon Tour by small train and walking tour around old Montpellier with Tour Guide.
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